English-Wörter für 'Power or strength; potency.'
Oben finden Sie Wörter zu "Power or strength; potency.". Bewegen Sie den Fokus oder Mauszeiger auf ein Wort, um die Definition anzuzeigen.
Suchergebnisse
noun
- Strength; efficacy; potency.
- (biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
- Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- active strength of body or mind
- an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
- forceful exertion
prefix
- superior in power or potency
- (augmentative) intensely, extremely, or exceptional
- (physics) regarding supersymmetry
- beyond, over, or upon
- (fiction) regarding superheroes
- superior in title or status
- greater than in quantity
- excessive; exceptionally large in quantity
- located above; (anatomy) superior in position
- a more inclusive category
noun
- Physical power or strength; force, might.
- The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
- (Ireland, Southern England, West Country) The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread.
- Chiefly of animals: the soft tissue inside a spinal cord; the spinal marrow; also, the spinal cord itself.
- Chiefly in of (great) pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
- The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
- A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
- The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
- (mathematics) One divided by pi, that is, 1/π (approximately 0.31831…).
- The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
- The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.
- soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
adj
verb
noun
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- the property of being physically or mentally strong
- A positive attribute.
- (graph theory) The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
- the condition of financial success
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
- physical energy or intensity
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
- permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
adj
- having great power or force or potency or effect
- having great influence
- displaying superhuman strength or power
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
- (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- Leading to many or important deductions.
- Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Being a powerful number.
adv
noun
- (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
- (anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- (in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.
- (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
- A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
- The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
- (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
- A group of patients in a medical trial.
- (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
- (baseball, slang) A pitcher
- (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- A branch of an organization.
- any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
- a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
adj
verb
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
- (transitive, figurative) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
- (transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
- (transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
- (transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
- (intransitive, of a tool, weapon, or system) To become prepared for action; to activate.
- (intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
- supply with arms
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
noun
- Abbreviation of strength.
- (programming) Abbreviation of string (“sequence of text characters”).
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of stremma(ta), a Greek unit of land area now equivalent to the decare (1000 m²).
- (music) Abbreviation of string(s).
- (historical) Abbreviation of steamer, a vessel propelled by steam.
- Abbreviation of street.
- (microbiology) Abbreviation of strain.
adj
adv
adj
- Powerful; possessing power; effective.
- (of a male) Able to procreate.
- (of a cell) Able to differentiate.
- Possessing authority or influence; persuasive, convincing.
- Possessing strong physical or chemical properties.
- having great influence
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- having or wielding force or authority
- (of a male) capable of copulation
noun
prefix
noun
name
phrase
noun
- The degree of strength.
- (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
- (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
- (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
- (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- The quality of being intense.
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- high level or degree; the property of being intense
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
adj
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
adv
adj
name
noun
adj
- (comparable) Having great size, or great force, power, or strength.
- of great force or power
- (mineralogy) Of a mineral, especially iron ore: containing titanium, or from which titanium may be extracted.
- (not comparable) Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to the Titans, a race of gods in Greek mythology.
- (inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium.
adj
- having or suggesting great physical power or force
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
- of or relating to or consisting of muscle
- Full-bodied
- (relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
- Brawny, thewy, having strength.
- Having large, well-developed muscles.
- (figurative) Robust, strong.
noun
- Physical force or strength.
- (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
- (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
- (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
- (physics) The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred, expressed in units of energy per unit of time.
- The ability to do or undergo something.
- Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).
- (colloquial, dated outside the phrase 'power of good') A large amount or number.
- The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
- (quiz bowl) A bonus point awarded for answering correctly before a certain part of the tossup is read.
- The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.
- (trucking) A tractor.
- (physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.
- (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
- (set theory) Cardinality.
- (attributive) Designating one who does something forcefully or on a large or grand scale.
- The production or flow of energy providing means to do work; energy per time unit.
- (metonymic) A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.
- (countable) The ability to affect or influence.
- A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x×x×⋯×x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
- (specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- physical strength
- (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- possession of controlling influence
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
adj
intj
verb
adv
- (now literary) With much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength.
- powerfully or vigorously
- (now chiefly informal) To a great extent; extremely, greatly.
- With much emotional, intellectual, or mental force or power; vehemently.
- (prepositive, before an adjective or participial adjective) Of a characteristic: provided or present to a powerful or strong extent.
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
noun
- The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
- The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
- A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
- A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.
- (sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- an administrative unit of government
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- the state of being in action or exerting power
- a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties
noun
- an impelling force or strength
- an instinctive motive
- the act of applying force suddenly
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
- a sudden desire
- A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
- (physics) The integral of force over time.
- A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
verb
noun
- an impelling force or strength
- the product of a body's mass and its velocity
- (physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.
- The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
- (finance) The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.
- (physics) Strength or force gained by motion or movement.
noun
verb
noun
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- (mass noun, possibly proscribed) Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
- (usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force.
- (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (law, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
- (financial mathematics, actuarial science) The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
- (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- (in the singular or plural) Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
- (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- (countable) An instance of a physical force.
- (humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
- (countable) A particular form or type of force.
- (countable) Something that exerts influence.
- (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- (when in reference to that which it affects) Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
- (uncountable) The generalized abstraction of this concept.
- (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- (countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
- (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- a unit that is part of some military service
- a powerful effect or influence
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- (of a law) having legal validity
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- (transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- take by force
- do forcibly; exert force
- move with force
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
noun
- A strength or talent; a strong point.
- A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
- The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
- a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible
adj
adv
noun
- (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
- (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- (uncountable) Impact.
- (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
- (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
- (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- a tool for making holes or indentations
verb
- To thrust against; to poke.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To light marijuana in a bong.
- (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- (transitive, wine) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
- (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
- (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
- To mark a ticket.
- (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
- (transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
- (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
adj
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- of great intensity or power or force
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adv
noun
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
verb
noun
- (uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
- (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
- (usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
- (uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
- (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
- a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
- one of the contractile organs of the body
- authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
- possessing muscular strength
- animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
verb
adj
- Greater in size or power.
- Of high standard or quality.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
- (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
- having a higher rank
- of or characteristic of high rank or importance
- (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by
- of high or superior quality or performance
- written or printed above and to one side of another character
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by
- having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
noun
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- the head of a religious community
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
adj
adv
noun
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
- (Japanese mahjong, pachinko) Alternative form of riichi.
- An extended portion or area of land or water.
- (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
- (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
- (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
- (nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.
- A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
- the limit of capability
- the limits within which something can be effective
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- (slang, MTE, MLE) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
- (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- (intransitive, India, Singapore) To arrive at a particular destination.
- (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- (transitive, of a missile) To strike or touch.
- (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- (transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
- (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- (transitive, figurative) To make contact with.
- (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- to extend as far as
- to exert much effort or energy
- to gain with effort
- be in or establish communication with
- reach a goal
- place into the hands or custody of
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
prefix
noun
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an increase in cost
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- increase in price or value
- a movement upward; rise above the ground
- the amount a salary is increased
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- The front of a diaper.
- (informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- (architecture) The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- rise in rank or status
- come up, of celestial bodies
- rise to one's feet
- go up or advance
- become more extreme
- become heartened or elated
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- get up and out of bed
- come to the surface
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- move upward
- return from the dead
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- increase in value or to a higher point
- rise up
- increase in volume
- To develop, to come about or intensify.
- To attain a higher status.
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).
- To move upwards.
- (music) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To slope upward.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
- (figurative) To be resurrected.
adj
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Being made more intense.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- tending to give force or emphasis
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
noun
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
noun
noun
- The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).
- (conceptually): (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.
- (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
- An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
- (Christianity) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
- (countable) An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.
- Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
- (uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
- A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person.
- morality with respect to sexual relations
- the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- a particular moral excellence
- any admirable quality or attribute
noun
verb
- (auxiliary) Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
- (auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission.
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
- (auxiliary, UK, meiosis) Used to express certainty.
- (auxiliary) simple past of may
- Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
verb
- exhibit the strength of
- contract
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- (transitive, slang) To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
- (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- (intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
noun
- the act of flexing
- (countable) An act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, Ireland) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- (countable) A flexible insulated electrical cord.
- (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
- (countable, slang) An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
noun
- Strength; efficacy; potency.
- (biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
- Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- active strength of body or mind
- an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
- forceful exertion
noun
- Physical power or strength; force, might.
- The energy, force, or power of speech or writing; specifically, such force or power due to conciseness; punch, punchiness.
- (Ireland, Southern England, West Country) The soft inner portion of a loaf of bread.
- Chiefly of animals: the soft tissue inside a spinal cord; the spinal marrow; also, the spinal cord itself.
- Chiefly in of (great) pith and moment: gravity, importance, substance, weight.
- The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
- A quality of courage and endurance; backbone, mettle, spine.
- The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
- (mathematics) One divided by pi, that is, 1/π (approximately 0.31831…).
- The albedo (“whitish inner portion of the rind”) of a citrus fruit.
- The soft, spongy substance inside plant parts; specifically, the parenchyma in the centre of the roots and stems of many plants and trees.
- The soft tissue inside a human or animal body or one of their organs; specifically, the spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather.
- soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
adj
verb
noun
- The intensity of a force or power; potency.
- The quality or degree of being strong.
- the property of being physically or mentally strong
- A positive attribute.
- (graph theory) The minimum ratio of the number of edges removed from a given graph to components created, over all possible removals.
- The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
- the condition of financial success
- capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
- physical energy or intensity
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
- capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war
- permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force
noun
- (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
- (anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- (in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.
- (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
- A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
- The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
- (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
- A group of patients in a medical trial.
- (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
- (baseball, slang) A pitcher
- (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- A branch of an organization.
- any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
- a division of some larger or more complex organization
- any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
- the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person
- a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
adj
verb
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
- (transitive, figurative) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
- (transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
- (transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
- (transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
- (intransitive, of a tool, weapon, or system) To become prepared for action; to activate.
- (intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
- supply with arms
- prepare oneself for a military confrontation
noun
- Abbreviation of strength.
- (programming) Abbreviation of string (“sequence of text characters”).
- (uncountable) Abbreviation of stremma(ta), a Greek unit of land area now equivalent to the decare (1000 m²).
- (music) Abbreviation of string(s).
- (historical) Abbreviation of steamer, a vessel propelled by steam.
- Abbreviation of street.
- (microbiology) Abbreviation of strain.
adj
adv
noun
name
phrase
noun
- The degree of strength.
- (astronomy) Synonym of radiance.
- (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
- (physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
- (optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
- The quality of being intense.
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- high level or degree; the property of being intense
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
noun
- Physical force or strength.
- (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
- (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
- (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
- (physics) The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred, expressed in units of energy per unit of time.
- The ability to do or undergo something.
- Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).
- (colloquial, dated outside the phrase 'power of good') A large amount or number.
- The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
- (quiz bowl) A bonus point awarded for answering correctly before a certain part of the tossup is read.
- The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.
- (trucking) A tractor.
- (physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.
- (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
- (set theory) Cardinality.
- (attributive) Designating one who does something forcefully or on a large or grand scale.
- The production or flow of energy providing means to do work; energy per time unit.
- (metonymic) A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.
- (countable) The ability to affect or influence.
- A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x×x×⋯×x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
- (specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
- a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- physical strength
- (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
- possession of controlling influence
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
adj
intj
verb
noun
- The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
- The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
- A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
- A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.
- (sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- an administrative unit of government
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- the state of being in action or exerting power
- a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties
noun
- an impelling force or strength
- an instinctive motive
- the act of applying force suddenly
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
- a sudden desire
- A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
- (physics) The integral of force over time.
- A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
verb
noun
- an impelling force or strength
- the product of a body's mass and its velocity
- (physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.
- The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
- (finance) The surmise of an accelerated price trend in the analysis (technical or fundamental) of an asset.
- (physics) Strength or force gained by motion or movement.
noun
verb
noun
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- A round of a card game.
- A side; part, camp; direction, either right or left.
- Promise, word; especially of a betrothal.
- (historical) A Native American gambling game, involving guessing the whereabouts of bits of ivory or similar, which are passed rapidly from hand to hand.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
- An instance of helping.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- The feel of a fabric; the impression or quality of the fabric as judged qualitatively by the sense of touch.
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative plural) A hand which is free to assist; especially due to having one's hands full or otherwise fully preoccupied.
- (especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.
- Applause.
- (collective) A bunch of bananas, a typical retail amount, where individual fruits are fingers.
- A performer more or less skilful.
- (chiefly in measuring the height of horses) Four inches, a hand's breadth.
- A person's autograph or signature.
- A whole rhizome of ginger.
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
- A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
- (firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
- (tobacco manufacturing) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
- An index or pointer on a dial; such as the hour and minute hands on the face of an analog clock, which are used to indicate the time of day.
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- one of two sides of an issue
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- a round of applause to signify approval
- ability
- physical assistance
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- something written by hand
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a card player in a game of bridge
verb
- (transitive, nautical) To furl (a sail).
- (ditransitive) To give, pass or transmit with the hand, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct.
- (transitive, rare) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
- guide or conduct or usher somewhere
- place into the hands or custody of
noun
- Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- (mass noun, possibly proscribed) Force understood as something of which there can be an amount.
- (usually with "the", in the singular or plural) Synonym of police force.
- (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- (law, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
- (financial mathematics, actuarial science) The annualized instantaneous rate of change at a particular timepoint.
- (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- (in the singular or plural) Military personnel, collectively, including any vehicles, ships, or aircraft. More broadly, the military or police altogether.
- (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- (countable) An instance of a physical force.
- (humorous or science fiction, with the, often capitalized) A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- Any large, organized group involved in a military engagement.
- (countable) A particular form or type of force.
- (countable) Something that exerts influence.
- (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- (when in reference to that which it affects) Something that, over time, influences a system with which it interacts (with a connotation of underlyingness, subtlety, or indirectness).
- (uncountable) The generalized abstraction of this concept.
- (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- (countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
- (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- a group of people having the power of effective action
- physical energy or intensity
- group of people willing to obey orders
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
- (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
- a unit that is part of some military service
- a powerful effect or influence
- a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
- (of a law) having legal validity
- an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
verb
- (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- (transitive) To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
- (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To grow (rhubarb) in the dark, causing it to grow early.
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
- force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
- impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
- take by force
- do forcibly; exert force
- move with force
- urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
noun
- A strength or talent; a strong point.
- A passage in music to be played loudly; a loud section of music.
- The strong part of a sword blade, close to the hilt.
- a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly
- an asset of special worth or utility
- the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible
adj
adv
noun
- (uncountable) Power, strength, energy.
- (countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.
- (piledriving) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
- (uncountable) Impact.
- (countable) A hole or opening created with a punch.
- A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
- (countable) A hit or strike with one's fist.
- (countable, rare) A blow from something other than the fist.
- (entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
- A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.
- (countable) A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material.
- (boxing) a blow with the fist
- an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl
- a tool for making holes or indentations
verb
- To thrust against; to poke.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To light marijuana in a bong.
- (transitive) To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.
- (transitive) To enter (information) on a device or system.
- To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something.
- (transitive, wine) To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation.
- (intransitive, UK, slang) Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself.
- (transitive) To strike with one's fist.
- (transitive) To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.
- To mark a ticket.
- (transitive) To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2).
- (transitive) To emphasize; to give emphasis to.
- (transitive, of cattle) To herd.
- deliver a quick blow to
- make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation
- drive forcibly as if by a punch
noun
- (uncountable, figurative) Strength, force.
- (uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
- (usually in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
- (uncountable, figurative) Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
- (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
- a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
- one of the contractile organs of the body
- authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
- possessing muscular strength
- animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
verb
noun
- The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.
- The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.
- (Japanese mahjong, pachinko) Alternative form of riichi.
- An extended portion or area of land or water.
- (informal) An exaggeration; an extension beyond evidence or normal; a stretch.
- The act of stretching or extending; extension.
- Extent; stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
- The pole or rod connecting the rear axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
- (boxing) The distance a boxer's arm can extend to land a blow.
- (nautical) Any point of sail in which the wind comes from the side of a vessel, excluding close-hauled.
- (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
- (nautical) The distance traversed between tacks.
- A level stretch of a watercourse, as between rapids in a river or locks in a canal. (examples?)
- the limit of capability
- the limits within which something can be effective
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive, figurative) To connect with (someone) on an emotional level, making them receptive of (one); to get through to (someone).
- (transitive) To arrive at (a place) by effort of any kind.
- (nautical) To sail on the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly abeam.
- (slang, MTE, MLE) To arrive at a particular destination, especially to join someone; to meet up.
- (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.
- To strain after something; to make (sometimes futile or pretentious) efforts.
- (intransitive, India, Singapore) To arrive at a particular destination.
- (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
- (transitive, of a missile) To strike or touch.
- (transitive) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held, so as to touch, strike, grasp, etc.
- (transitive) To continue living until or up to (a certain age).
- (transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.
- (transitive, figurative) To make contact with.
- (transitive) To extend to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent.
- (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.
- (intransitive) To extend in dimension, time etc.; to stretch out continuously (past, beyond, above, from etc. something).
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- to extend as far as
- to exert much effort or energy
- to gain with effort
- be in or establish communication with
- reach a goal
- place into the hands or custody of
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
noun
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an increase in cost
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- increase in price or value
- a movement upward; rise above the ground
- the amount a salary is increased
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
- (chiefly UK, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) Ellipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
- The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
- The front of a diaper.
- (informal) A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
- (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
- Alternative form of rice (“twig”).
- The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
- The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
- (architecture) The height of an arch or a step.
verb
- rise in rank or status
- come up, of celestial bodies
- rise to one's feet
- go up or advance
- become more extreme
- become heartened or elated
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- get up and out of bed
- come to the surface
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- move upward
- return from the dead
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- increase in value or to a higher point
- rise up
- increase in volume
- To develop, to come about or intensify.
- To attain a higher status.
- Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
- To become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).
- To move upwards.
- (music) To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
- (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
- To slope upward.
- To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
- To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
- To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
- To leave one's bed; to get up.
- (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
- To come; to offer itself.
- To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
- (transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- To become erect; to assume an upright position.
- To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
- (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
- To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
- (transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
- (figurative) To be resurrected.
noun
noun
- The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).
- (conceptually): (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.
- (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
- An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
- (Christianity) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
- (countable) An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.
- Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
- (uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
- A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person.
- morality with respect to sexual relations
- the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- a particular moral excellence
- any admirable quality or attribute
noun
verb
- (auxiliary) Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
- (auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission.
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
- (auxiliary, UK, meiosis) Used to express certainty.
- (auxiliary) simple past of may
- Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
verb
- exhibit the strength of
- contract
- bend a joint
- form a curve
- cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- (transitive, slang) To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
- (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- (intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
noun
- the act of flexing
- (countable) An act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, Ireland) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- (countable) A flexible insulated electrical cord.
- (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
- (countable, slang) An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
adv
- (now literary) With much physical force, power, or strength; also, with divine or superhuman power or strength.
- powerfully or vigorously
- (now chiefly informal) To a great extent; extremely, greatly.
- With much emotional, intellectual, or mental force or power; vehemently.
- (prepositive, before an adjective or participial adjective) Of a characteristic: provided or present to a powerful or strong extent.
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
adj
- having great power or force or potency or effect
- having great influence
- displaying superhuman strength or power
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
- (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
- Leading to many or important deductions.
- Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Being a powerful number.
adv
adj
- Powerful; possessing power; effective.
- (of a male) Able to procreate.
- (of a cell) Able to differentiate.
- Possessing authority or influence; persuasive, convincing.
- Possessing strong physical or chemical properties.
- having great influence
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- having or wielding force or authority
- (of a male) capable of copulation
noun
adj
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
adv
adj
name
noun
adj
- (comparable) Having great size, or great force, power, or strength.
- of great force or power
- (mineralogy) Of a mineral, especially iron ore: containing titanium, or from which titanium may be extracted.
- (not comparable) Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to the Titans, a race of gods in Greek mythology.
- (inorganic chemistry) Of or relating to titanium, especially tetravalent titanium.
adj
- having or suggesting great physical power or force
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
- having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer
- of or relating to or consisting of muscle
- Full-bodied
- (relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
- Brawny, thewy, having strength.
- Having large, well-developed muscles.
- (figurative) Robust, strong.
adj
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- of great intensity or power or force
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adv
noun
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
verb
adj
- Greater in size or power.
- Of high standard or quality.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- (astronomy, of a planet in the Solar System) Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
- (anatomy, medicine) Located above or higher, a direction that in humans corresponds to cephalad.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
- having a higher rank
- of or characteristic of high rank or importance
- (often followed by ‘to’) above being affected or influenced by
- of high or superior quality or performance
- written or printed above and to one side of another character
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) not subject to or influenced by
- having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
noun
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- (Scots law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
- one of greater rank or station or quality
- a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
- the head of a religious community
- a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
adj
adv
adj
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Being made more intense.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- tending to give force or emphasis
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
noun
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies